A file of correspondence and memoranda discussing the international trading and trafficking of guns and ammunition in the period after the Second World War. Subjects discussed in this file include the sale and shipping of arms to Israel; the American opposition to the sale of British arms in the United States of America and Canada; requests for armaments and ammunition from various Asian countries, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq; the British inability to meet these demands, and the consequent complications to foreign policy; and attempts to block or disrupt the illicit arms trade, including a list of items considered contraband.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Albania Australia Austria Belgium Burma Canada China Czechoslovakia Egypt England Ethiopia Germany Gibraltar Hungary India Iraq Israel Lebanon Malaya Pakistan Palestine Persia Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Siam Syria Transjordan United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/528/2
- Document Types
- Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/528
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0528.002
- Keywords
- Weapons Trade Armaments Zionism Transportation Shipping Anglo-american Relations Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Requirements Contraband
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Ministry of Defence Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Services Liaison Department United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 45
- Persons Discussed
- Ernest Bevin
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare
